At our recent staff development retreat, God began to show us a picture of a wind chime representing our leadership team. As we are blown by the winds of the Spirit, fully following His leading we will make beautiful music together. As the wind chime is blown by the wind all parts move in harmony, as will we when we are led by the Spirit of God.

Egos must go. Agendas must go. Our way of doing things must go as we surrender to His leading. Did you know that one of the greatest gifts we can ever receive from our Father is to be led out of our comfort zone? Why? Because only then do we really begin to unwrap the intimacy of the Holy Spirit and the comfort He brings.

Spring is a time of winds blowing in the natural and sudden changes in weather. The Scripture tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:46 “The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.”

As Spring approaches, consider these thoughts in your own life. Are storms brewing? Are the winds blowing? Could these winds in your life be the winds of the Spirit blowing you out of your comfort zone in order to embrace Him?

Ann Voskamp, the author of One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are says it this way:

“Ecstasy comes from the Greek word ekstasis.

Ek meaning out.

And stasis meaning standstill.

Ecstatic=out of static.”

“Those who fully live, who live ecstatic lives of joy, embrace moving out of comfort zones. Ecstatic joy is found outside of static comfort zones. Because it’s moving out to where the Spirit moves. The Spirit is never static. Never standstill. Like the wind, the Spirit always moves. Joy is found in Him.”

“When God moves us out of our comfort zone —- this is a gift.”

I encourage you today to ‘embrace His gift’ as the winds of the Spirit blow in your life.